Stand for golf bags



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Patented Dec. 15, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,305,517 I STAND FORGOLF BAGS Francis Leigh Cox, New Berlin, Ill. Application September 8,1941, Serial N0. 409,973

2 Claims.

My invention relates to supports for containers, and more especiallytogolf bag supports; an object being in my device to provide a convenient,simple and economical means for holding a golf bag uprightly whendesired during the progress of a golf game to avoid laying the bag downon the ground when attempting to hit the golf ball.

A purpose of my invention is to provide a simple and practical as wellas an automatic golf bag support, such as may require no specialattention, add but little expense and require but little or noadditional weight.

A particular purpose of my invention is to provide a pair of gravityoperated hingedly supported standing legs for golf bag and with them aclamp operatively controlled by the longitudinal lifting strap of thebag so that the standing legs may be held snugly against the bag whennot in use and automatically release to support the bag in uprightposition when the lifting strap is dropped after standing the bag up andleaning the same far enough to permit the standing legs to swing out intheir operative position for supporting the bag.

I attain these purposes in my invention by construction thereofillustrated in the drawing, described and claimed herein.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure l is a side elevation of a golf bag incorporating my invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective of the same golf bag standing alone by the aidof my invention, in an upright position.

Figure 3 is a detail illustrating the manner of attachment of thepivoted clamping member in its connection with the golf bag liftingstrap.

Figure 4 is a detail of another species of clamp member supported by thegolf bag lifting strap in position to snugly hold the standing legsagainst the side of the golf bag when they are not in use.

Figure 5 is a detail of the species of clamp member shown in Figure 4with it dropped down to a position where it will release the standinglegs for a gravity swing outwardly on their supporting hinges, andshowing the same secured to the golf bag lifting strap.

I shall now describe my invention and its operative advantages as Irefer to the drawing which comprehensively illustrates the operatingdetails of my invention.

For instance, in a careful analysis of the simple and efficient functionof the several parts of my invention, it will be found that I utilizescientifically correct mechanical principles in the operativerelationship between the several parts which accomplish my purposes.

A golf bag I having a longitudinal lifting strap 2 normally carried overthe shoulder of the player is preferably provided with an intermediateband 3 which operatively supports standing legs 4 and 5 secured to band3 by hinge members 6 and. 7 respectively. These standing legs areconstructed in the manner making them a little heavier at the free endpreferably, so as to permit them to quickly andeasily swing outward ontheir hinges when they are functioning as an upright support for thebag.

There are obviously a number of ways that standing legs 4 and 5 may bemade heavier at their free ends within the scope of this invention.

I prefer to set hinges 6 and l in their operative position on band 3 sothat when standing legs and 5 are clamped up against the golf bag I andnot in use then they will toe in somewhat as shown in Figure 1; thuspermitting these standing legs 4 and 5 to hingedly swing further apartat their free ends when a golf bag is set up on end and leaned overslightly toward the side of its standing legs and thus providing a neatand substantial three point support for the golf bag when the playerstands it up.

It will be obvious in an analysis of my invention that any one ofseveral forms of clamp members could be used within the scope of my in--vention for snugly holding standing legs 4 and 5.

neatly up against the side of the golf bag when.

they are not in use.

I thus prefer to utilize the simplest and most; practical and economicalmeans available for this purpose.

It will be seen that when lifting strap 2 is picked up approximately atpoint 8 for carrying bag I this move will swing the bottom portion 9 ofstrap-2 in against the adjacent side of the golf bag I; but when thisstrap is released, if the golf bag is standing, then the bottom endthereof will drop to the position shown in Figure 2.

By taking advantage of this normal action of strap 2 I find it possibleto most effectively utilize a curved clamping yoke It] held by a loop llcarried near the bottom end 9 of strap 2 with both ends of yoke Illpivotally supported .on the sides I2 and I3 of bag I.

It will be seen that clamp member II "is lifted and dropped by normallylifting and dropping strap 2; so that all that is necessary for thedesired manipulation of my golf bag support is to straighten up the golfbag by the hand far enough to permit standing legs 4 and 5 to hingedlyswing in against golf bag I and then lift the golf bag approximately atpoint 8 of strap 2 as is the common practice, thus causing clamp memberl0 lifted by loop I l of strap 2 to swing upwardly and snugly againstthe bottom free ends of the standing legs 4 and 5 where they are held asshown in Figure 1.

When the player again reaches the place where he wishes to make anotherdrive on the golf course he will set the golf bag down on end andrelease strap 2 which will drop down far enough to permit clamping yokeH] to drop below the free ends l4 and 15 of standing legs 4 and5permitting these free ends to swing out hingedly and support golf bag Iin the position illustrated in Figure 2.

I am illustrating in Figures 4 and 5 a second species of clamp memberfor holding the stand ing legs 4 and 5 up against golf bag I when theselegs are not in use, and in this species I merely provide a transverseor cross plate l6 secured to the bottom portion '9 of strap 2 instead ofusing the curved clamping yoke If] for holding the free ends 14 and [5of standing legs 4 and 5 snugly up against golf bag I when these legsare not in 2 use, and this additional species of clamp falls within thescope of my invention and its operative positions are shown in Figures 4and 5.

Having thus described the nature of my invention what I claim is:

1. In combination with a golf bag having a longitudinal lifting strap, apair of spaced standing legs hingedly secured to the side of said bagand toeing inwardly toward each other at their bottom free ends whenthey are not in use, a curved clamping member pivoted on opposed sidesof said golf bag adjacent the bottom end thereof and a loop secured tosaid strap adjacent its lower end and controlled thereby for holdingsaid standing legs snugly against side of said golf bag when the legsare not in use when lifting upwardly on said strap and for releasing thebottomfree ends of said legs permitting them to swing outwardly bygravity for supporting said bag uprightly when the same is stood up onend and leaned slightly in thedirection of said legs and releasing thelifting hold on said strap.

2. In cor nbination with a golf bag having a longitudinal lifting strap,a pair of spaced standing legs hingedly secured to the side of said bagand toeing inwardly toward each other at their bottom free ends whenthey are not in use, a clamping member secured to said lifting strap intransverse position adjacent the bottom end thereof for snugly clampingthe free ends of said standing legs in their toed in position againstthe side of said bag and operatively disposed in position where it willdrop below said standing legs permitting them to hingedly swing out bygravity when said golf bag is stood up in position to permit them toswing out and when said lifting strap is dropped.

FRANCIS LEIGH COX.

